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Soft Skills and the GED by José Alfredo Díaz Fernández is a document available to read on EtoBox.
This document discusses the limitations of standardized achievement tests in assessing important life skills. It notes that while tests measure cognitive abilities, they ignore non-cognitive "soft skills" like perseverance, motivation and conscientiousness that are highly predictive of life outcomes. The talk discusses the history of standardized testing and how early pioneers recognized the need to measure character in addition to intelligence. It argues that interventions to foster soft skills have been u
- Author
- José Alfredo Díaz Fernández
- Language
- EN